Getting Around to It

I'm back. I'm fixing stuff. I procrastinate. I have a life. I do this for fun and I finally took the deep breath this morning to fire up the turntable again and dig in the singles boxes to start reupping a couple of faulty rips that needed replacing. (And I'm actually taking the time this morning to listen to everything all the way through before I upload.) There's more that need to be done and leave a comment if you find one that skips that I need to attend to. Or leave a comment anyway. It's the polite thing to do.

So on with the show...

I got fresh & better uploads for the first Ground Zero ep (July 12, 2009) and Hula Hoop's Ben Hogan single (May 12, 2009) that absolutely deserve non-skipping rips.


1. Fast Friends
2. Coughing Up Blood
3. City Streets
4. Another Sex Crime

Someday the Bloomington Indiana scene will get the due and respect it deserves in the history of punk rock. I mean, while NYC & London like to take all the credit as birthplaces of late 70's punk rock, Bloomington, Indiana starting with the Gizmos in the mid 70's independently developed its own little pocket of midwest punk and weirdness that gets shafted whenever the history is written (see also Cleveland). Last (4) Digits were from that scene and threw this little slab into being as the first release on Hardly Music that would release the Dow Jones & the Industrials "Can't Stand the Midwest" next.
I really can't find much about these guys but I do like this one. It's got a love of primitive electronic noises and flangers and is just odd enough and just punk enough in the right places to be interesting. This one is a winner in my book. I just know I'm going to have "Another Sex Crime" stuck in my head for a couple more days now.



1. If You See Kay

This in an oddity out of Worcester, MA. Not exactly punk by any stretch except that it seems to be a calculated effort to make a single to be played on the radio where the title is repeated over the airwaves repeatedly. (say it to yourself a few times to understand.) Both sides are the same song. This is the "Long Version".



1. Amusement
2. Statues

I don't think these guys need any introduction. This got tacked onto the Cd reissue of "Everything Falls Apart" but I just felt like hearing it today in it's original warm crackly goodness on vinyl. If you're ever in Red Wing, MN and hungry I'd recommend looking up Greg Norton's restaurant Norton's. He's a great guy and a hell of a chef. It'll be worth the trip.